Women’s D-I in general
Eddie Ardito, who served as volunteer assistant last season, has been promoted to assistant coach for the Yale women’s team. Ardito payed for Yale head coach Joakim Flygh at New England College. “We are excited and fortunate to be able to add Eddie to our coaching staff on a full-time basis,” Flygh said in a … Read more
Robert Morris has hired Mercyhurst associate head coach Paul Colontino as the Colonials’ new head women’s coach. Colontino replaces Nate Handrahan, who left for the same job at Ohio State earlier this offseason. Colontino, who has coached at Mercyhurst since 2006, has over a decade of women’s hockey coaching experience at the Division I level. … Read more
Holley Tyng has been promoted to associate head coach at Dartmouth after serving as an assistant coach the past six years. “I am excited that we are able to recognize Holley with this new title for her tremendous work,” said Big Green head coach Mark Hudak in a statement. “She has certainly earned this during … Read more
Angela Ruggiero has joined a Wayne State hockey online campaign against the abrupt shutdown of its women’s hockey team. Wayne State senior Ciara Lee started an online petition on May 27 on Change.org, one day after WSU athletic director Rob Fournier announced the school would be discontinuing the women’s hockey program. Administrators cited massive budget … Read more
Former Penn State club team defenseman Josh Brandwene has been named the Nittany Lions’ first varsity women’s coach. Brandwene will guide Penn State into its Division I era, which begins with the 2012-13 season. “We are proud to welcome Josh back to Penn State as the first head coach of the women’s varsity ice hockey … Read more
Ohio State announced Monday the hiring of Nate Handrahan as the head coach of the women’s hockey team, becoming just the second coach in the 12-year history of the women’s hockey program. “My family and I are grateful for the opportunity athletics director Gene Smith and the hiring committee has given me to be the … Read more
Jackie Barto, the first coach of women’s hockey at Ohio State, has decided to retire from coaching after 12 seasons with the Buckeyes and 27 years overall. Barto was hired at Ohio State in 1999 to start the women’s hockey program after spending five seasons as the head coach at her alma mater, Providence. “It … Read more
After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Mandi Schwartz passed away Sunday morning. The Yale forward and sister of Colorado College forwards Rylan and Jaden was just 23. In a statement issued Monday, Yale University said: “Our thoughts are with the Schwartz family, Mandi’s fiance, her physicians and caregivers, and her friends, classmates, coaches … Read more
According to a report on Beyond The Dashers, the Lindenwood University women’s team will make the jump from ACHA to Division I varsity next season. Lindenwood, located in St. Charles, Mo., is moving all of its athletic programs to the NCAA level and will be in the first of a two-year candidacy period before being … Read more
National champion Wisconsin finishes out the 2010-2011 season as champions and with a No. 1 ranking in the USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Cornell falls two places to No. 4, while last week’s co-No. 5 teams, Boston University and Boston College, are No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. Minnesota-Duluth rises to No. 5, while Minnesota … Read more
Wisconsin’s Meghan Duggan won the 2011 Patty Kazmaier award, becoming the third Badger in recent years to claim the trophy.
The hardest job in hockey? Seems it might be a seat on the Kazmaier selection committee. Each year, the task of anointing just one woman as the best player in women’s hockey seems to get more daunting, with no slam dunk Patty Kazmaier Award winner to merely hand the honor to. That said, we do … Read more
Currently ranked 2-3-4 in the country in scoring, Wisconsin’s top line of seniors Meghan Duggan and Hilary Knight with sophomore Brianna Decker has terrorized opposing goalies this season, and will be the key to a Badgers victory in the Frozen Four. Jason Karnosky reports.
Now that the NCAA Field of Eight has been selected for this year’s tourney, the question so rightly asked as Saturday’s quarterfinal tilts approach is, ” “Who will win the Frozen Four?” The stock answer to that is, “Some team from the West.” It’s been that way for 10 years, and with three entries in … Read more
Senior forwards Meghan Agosta (Mercyhurst), Meghan Duggan (Wisconsin) and Kelli Stack (Boston College) have been named the three finalists for the 2011 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award. The award will be handed out March 19 at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pa., in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s Frozen Four. Agosta is the second top-three finalist … Read more
In her column on the NCAA selection for the women’s tournament, USCHO women’s editor Candace Horgan pondered how the NCAA could get it so wrong. Former D-I women’s writer David DeRemer offers a possible explanation.
Wisconsin garnered all 15 first-place votes and is again on top of this week’s USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll. Cornell, Minnesota and Mercyhurst also remain in spots two through four, respectively, but after that, the rankings change a tad. Boston College and Boston University are tied for fifth, with BC up from No. 7 last … Read more
The NCAA tournament brackets are bound to upset a few college hockey fans, and rightly so. Candace Horgan editorializes on the selections.
Though they lost 3-1 to Boston College in the Hockey East women’s final, the Northeastern Huskies have a foundation on which to build. Jim Connelly reports.
A playoff series win, a torrid 59 points, and a Patty Kazmaier nomination in her first year promise a bright future for Kelly Babstock and the Quinnipiac Bobcats. Diana C. Nearhos reports.